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Sustainable Offices: supply demand imbalance in New Zealand ..
" The pressure to meet sustainability targets extends beyond corporate responsibility. There’s a growing expectation for developers,...
May 19


For your eyes only ..
In light of the amount of material we are bombarded with these days we have taken a decision to the effect that our proprietary articles...
Feb 12, 2021


Net Zero: today's canary in the coal mine ..
Focusing on the right risk at the right time is a critical function of commercial real estate asset management. Much of recent market...
Jan 6, 2021
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[Green] is Good ..
The economic and social case for building "green" has been well-made. This assertion is supported by an abundancy of research on how...
Dec 1, 2020


Tascott & Co: our year in review
When we started Tascott in 2019 we knew we faced challenges entering, as we were, a relatively small market dominated by established...
Jul 9, 2020


Negative Interest Rates: are you speaking to your banker?
In this time of crisis the Reserve Bank of New Zealand ("RBNZ") is working with the "whole of Government and industry to keep [New...
May 2, 2020


Re-Purposing New Zealand's Crown Jewel
Whilst the work from home ("WFH"), death of the office, rise of the co-working space debate continues to rage between experts across...
May 1, 2020


Sale & Leasebacks: Cash in a Crisis
The New Zealand Government today announced new measures to help business through the COVID-19 crisis, in addition to the $12bn Economic...
Apr 15, 2020


Little sympathy for landlords
A growing misconception being perpetuated at present is that in circumstances where tenants stop paying rent, in reliance upon no access...
Mar 30, 2020


Real estate debt and COVID-19
Real estate owners with debt should be communicating with their lenders as soon as possible should the COVID-19 lock-down impact tenants'...
Mar 24, 2020


Democratising Real Estate Investment
Access to direct commercial real estate investment opportunities has increased significantly since the global financial crisis,...
Mar 2, 2020


Climate Change: a new priority in technical due diligence
In a time of economic uncertainty in the UK, all the noise about Brexit has perhaps allowed us to be distracted from the growing impact...
Nov 20, 2019


Bell Gully on the meaning and contestability of fair risk allocation in commercial contracting
Construction company liquidations, and the very significant financial and other impacts such failures have particularly on...
Sep 30, 2019


We's Woes Worsen
We Work has "lost" $37bn in the last week or so which might say something about the hype surrounding the company. Whether that something...
Sep 23, 2019


Real estate markets warrant caution
In August New Zealand's Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate ("OCR") by 50bps. In September the US Federal Reserve Bank cut the...
Sep 23, 2019


Build-to-Rent: can it work in New Zealand?
Minter Ellison Note August 2019 It’s been a success story overseas – an alternative development model capable of producing quality...
Aug 29, 2019


The We Company to acquire on-demand workspace provider Spacious
Press Release August 27 2019 WeWork’s space-as-a-service membership model is designed to accommodate our members’ distinct space needs....
Aug 28, 2019


New lender arrives in NZ
Australian specialist real estate financier MaxCap Group is setting up operations in New Zealand in a joint venture with real estate...
Aug 27, 2019


Cuts & Yield: I've had worse ...
Low global interest rates, in addition to already crowded markets, have caused investors to seek out alternatives, to move beyond their...
Aug 26, 2019


Real Insights from Stats NZ: mobile location analytics
Stats NZ recently announced its intention to partner with cellphone companies to "launch a new way of tracking people's movements every...
Jun 24, 2019
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